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Man is a wonder to himself he can neither govern nor know himself.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Men
Govern
Neither
Wonder
Self

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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Let not a man's self be to him all in all.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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